Geoffrey BormanProfessor of Education

February 1, 2015University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Research and methodology

Geoffrey Borman was trained as a quantitative methodologist at
the University of Chicago and is a professor of education at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, the deputy director of the
University of Wisconsin’s Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research
Training Program, and a senior researcher with the Consortium for
Policy Research in Education. He has been appointed as a
methodological expert to advise many national research and
development projects, including the National Research Center on
the Gifted and Talented. He serves on the editorial boards of
five academic journals and is a principal standing panel member
of the Education Systems and Broad Reform Research Review Panel
of the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences and was recently named to the 15-member Urban Education
Research Task Force established to advise the U.S. Department of
Education. Borman is the recipient of multiple awards. In 2009,
Borman’s significant contributions to the field of education
research were recognized through his nomination and selection as
a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Borman
earned a doctorate degree in 1997.